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Well, I just joined the club. I now have a hole in the water you throw money into! The addition The addition, in the garage where my truck belongs.
 
Posts: 1854 | Location: Colorado | Registered: October 31, 2006Reply With QuoteReport This Post
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Cool! I love tiller steer aluminum fishing boats. I have a Lowe Jumbo 14 with a 25 Mercury. It goes about 32 MPH. I'd love to have a Lund Alaskan 18 with a 50 tiller on it.
 
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Nice! Hopefully just gas money for a while
 
Posts: 17901 | Location: SE Michigan | Registered: February 10, 2007Reply With QuoteReport This Post
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Well, I wrote checks to the state for registration, the county for a trailer plate, the insurance company for a marine policy and bought a Bimini top for shade. Hmmm.
 
Posts: 1854 | Location: Colorado | Registered: October 31, 2006Reply With QuoteReport This Post
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Well, I wrote checks to the state for registration, the county for a trailer plate, the insurance company for a marine policy and bought a Bimini top for shade. Hmmm.


Use REC 90 (ethanol free) fuel always and always use stabilizer in the gas (I like Pri-g). The small 4 strokes have very small fuel passages and don't like fuel that isn't perfect, nor do they like to sit for more than a month at a time.......other than that.....enjoy it.
 
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Nice boat, congrats! Smile
 
Posts: 1782 | Location: WA | Registered: January 07, 2009Reply With QuoteReport This Post
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Have not had a boat in years but love boating.
If I could catch fish, I would love fishing.

Enjoy it, they are peaceful.


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Posts: 2794 | Location: Ohio | Registered: December 18, 2014Reply With QuoteReport This Post
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Good for you. Nothing like a new fishing boat!



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Posts: 5048 | Location: Lake of the Ozarks, MO. | Registered: September 05, 2005Reply With QuoteReport This Post
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Very nice.

Don't buy into the best day is when you buy and sell it. Everyday I take out my boat I love it even more.



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Posts: 3854 | Location: Jacksonville, FL | Registered: September 10, 2010Reply With QuoteReport This Post
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Break Out Another Thousand

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I have one too Smile Enjoy!
 
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Now I want one.




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Posts: 12747 | Location: In the gilded cage | Registered: December 09, 2007Reply With QuoteReport This Post
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Congrats on your acquisition of a hole in the water into which you shall throw your money Wink

But seriously, 80% of my best recreational times have been while in a boat. Lots of good memories of enjoying the outdoors year round, both day and night, catching fish, not catching fish, spending hours with a friend, a brother, a father, a nephew, etc.

Enjoy!
 
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Very nice! I have a 16' aluminum Sea Nymph with a 25HP Evinrude, and it has been a fantastic boat. It's small and light enough to get in and out of the water easily and allows me to fish the shallows, and simple enough that I can easily maintain it myself. Despite the stigma of being a money pit, apart maintenance items (changing the impeller every other year or so and a new battery) mine has cost me very little money to operate, and has been a blast for me and the family.

Best advice I can give is run Ethanol free fuel. It costs a bit more, but saves huge headaches in the long run.
 
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I'm still fishing out of my 1983 Alumacraft. A 14' modified V jon with some of my own upgrades. Great boats!
 
Posts: 2546 | Location: Georgia | Registered: July 12, 2004Reply With QuoteReport This Post
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Got a 12' Lowe with a 9.8 four cycle Tohatsu. Cheap to operate. It will plane with two, which is all it has room for.


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Ah, a gateway boat. Congratulations, you're doomed!

Enjoy it, and all the rest of them that are to come, safely and in good health.



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Posts: 12794 | Location: Central Florida | Registered: November 02, 2008Reply With QuoteReport This Post
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Nice! That shouldn’t be too bad to maintain. My first boat was a 16ft bow rider with a old two stroke outboard. I got lucky and other than chasing down a ground issue on the engine it was a stress free and inexpensive endeavor. Enjoy your boat! Cool


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Posts: 21121 | Location: San Dimas CA, the Old Dominion or the Tar Heel State…flip a coin  | Registered: April 16, 2007Reply With QuoteReport This Post
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Good on you. Enjoy!
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Posts: 1695 | Location: Between Rock & Hard Place (Pontiac & Detroit) | Registered: December 22, 2010Reply With QuoteReport This Post
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Very nice.

Don't buy into the best day is when you buy and sell it. Everyday I take out my boat I love it even more.


I wouldn't think that to be true of a boat that fits in a garage.

Now, the 40' wood motor yacht my BIL bought to live on...what a leaky maintenance nightmare!




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Posts: 5043 | Location: Oregon | Registered: October 02, 2005Reply With QuoteReport This Post
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Very nice.

Don't buy into the best day is when you buy and sell it. Everyday I take out my boat I love it even more.


This is so true.

Next month my Mako 17 will be thirty years old. A special order with a Johnson 110 outboard. She's on her second motor and fourth trailer, but still very economical for the hours of enjoyment.


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